Reviews

SF Comedy Competition headliner Joe Zimmerman This event was presented April 1, 2023. Stand-up comedy for me has always been this interesting concept: a very inexact art form with many…

This event was presented March 31-April 16, 2023. So . . . kudos to SLO REP for creating a remarkable three-hour journey in the form of Vanya and Sonia and…

This exhibit was scheduled March 13-July 7, 2023. While it is inspiring to see the broad array of different artistic expressions when visiting larger metropolitan art museums outside of our…

This event was presented March 24-26, 2023. So . . . Kodachrome, a play by Adam Szymkowicz presented as a staged reading at the Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre…

This event was presented March 16 & 19, 2023. So . . . in two recent concerts the Vocal Arts Ensemble managed to transport us to other countries as well…

This event was presented on March 14, 2023. Normally, a touring rock band that reaches 50 years in the business sooner or later becomes a nostalgia act. Los Lobos are…

Company was onstage March 2-11, 2023 at Cal Poly's Spanos Theatre. So . . . how long has it been since you’ve seen a local theatre company mount the 1970…

Production photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio PCPA's Emma was onstage March 2-19, 2023 at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria, and is scheduled June 22-July 2, 2023 at…

Moth: A Novel by Melody Razak (Harper, 2022) and Woman of Light: A Novel by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (One World, 2022) are two books I recently read. Both have well-developed characters and…

Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio The River Bride was onstage at PCPA February 16-March 5, 2023. So . . . it’s tempting to say that the show's exquisite…